Tbf I didn't know either were technically RPF before I started and it took me a GODDAMNED long while to understand hakuoki was indeed RPF
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orionsbestie
orionsbestie
I was very young and dumb so that's on me
ninnikuryona
as someone who despises rpf imo these are fine. these people are long dead anyway, and the characters are so far removed from the actual people who lived that theyre basically ocs now
orionsbestie
Yea they're like... Yes basically ocs who happen to be based off cool-sounding historical ppl. But I can still remember
orionsbestie
A friend I had at the time teased me when I said I liked Saito hajime like lmao she took a Wikipedia screenshot of the actual dude 